tried by every other means to get you away from there." But before he had finished speaking Kat had scrambled from the rail and was standing gasping in the middle of the floor.
"Oh, how terrible!" she cried. "Why, I might have plunged down into that awful depth! Oh, Calista, get me something quick; I believe I'm going to faint. Let's get out of this dangerous place; the whole house may go over the pali."
"No, there's nothing to fear," said Dick, gravely. "It is only the support at that corner that is weakened. It is all right over here. Now come and have some hot tea and you will be all right. Here it is, all ready for you."
And Kat permitted herself to be gently assisted by Carter McKnight, and accepted the tea and a sandwich; but the flow of her conversation was broken, and as soon as they had finished the refreshment they made their adieux, gushingly and sweetly, and thanked him for his charming entertainment; and Kat added that she was sure that the world would be much richer for the delightful isolation with which he had surrounded himself, in such close proximity with just one neighbor, of the race for which he possessed such a remarkable predilection.
And then they entered their car and drove away.
Dick went back into the house and swore. Never in his life had he been so thoroughly exasperated
